Kitten climbing christmas tree

popadom

I have a six month old kitten who is obsessed with my xmas tree. He seems to just like to chew the branches(plastic) but I'm worried he's going to start going for the decorations/tinsel. Can anyone recommend a spray or something to put him off. I have tried bribing, but he just goes back once the treats are gone.

sparrer

Giving him treats is just encouraging him, he associates the tree with food. It's just perseverance, keep removing him, make a sharp hissing noise like a mother cat does to warn her babies off if they're being annoying etc. Or as very much a last resort you could try a deterrent spray like Get Off on the tree but be warned, it stinks :eek:!

marleyboy

Just get him a mini tree of his own to play with, discourage him on the main tree and encourage him to the small one, he will eventually get the message (at least until nobody is looking)/

puppypants

But that's what Christmas trees are for!! x

calicocat

For it to be kitten-proof....you need to tie your tree to the wall with rope and nails, super glue all decorations on it, you can't use tinsel, and watch out that the fairy lights aren't being chewed....I seem to remember not having lights on for a few years.

Or....you can suspend it from the ceiling.

If you are lucky, by the time kitty is around 9yrs old, this type may have stopped or diminished.

Good luck. .

Prudent

I have to agree with calicocat. My current cat is now elderly, but I vividly remember coming home from work everyday to the tree on the floor. She was an autumn kitten and still very small at the time. She stopped climbing the tree on her third Christmas and by then the tree was only fit for the skip. Now my cat is elderly this is one of my funny memories of her and I am glad she had fun with the tree.

tea_lover

That is an early tree!

Ella_Wood

I think I will have this problem with my kitten this year is there anything you can do about it she sleeps in the living room where we are going to put the tree

kazwookie

Sorry we need photos of the kitten and tree to be able to judge what advise to offer!!

Mine use to go up the tree then jump off as it was falling over, so in the end I just put it up and no decorations, it saved the faff of putting them back each time.
By age about 4 kitten now a cat stopped, so re decorated the tree the next year, only to have her playing paddy paws with the lower bubbles while sat on the floor under the tree.
I just love the memories of it all.

lindens

I must admit to not understanding your problem at all OP :P

Gonzo1987

Our cat did this last year...this year we are having no tree!